Events at: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Room 301

Remembrance Day Speaker Series and Display: Tragic Bravery: Canada and the Battle of Hong Kong

Tragic Bravery: Canada and the Battle of Hong Kong When: November 4, 2016 12:00-1:30 p.m. Speaker: Cameron Cathcart, President of the Royal United Services Institute – Vancouver Society (RUSI) and director of Vancouver’s Remembrance Day ceremonies at Victory Square When asked if he thought the British Colony of Hong Kong could be defended against an […]

Remembrance Day Speaker Series and Display: Canada’s Secret Sailors: Asian Crewmen and Canadian Vessels in the Indo-Pacific Theatre

Canada’s Secret Sailors: Asian Crewmen and Canadian Vessels in the Indo-Pacific Theatre When: November 8, 2016 12:00-1:30 p.m. Speaker: Clifford J. Pereira, FRGS, Independent researcher, curator, and museum consultant Based on research gathered over the last two years from national, provincial, and naval archives in Canada, Australia, and the U.K, Clifford J. Pereira will tell […]

Remembrance Day Speaker Series and Display: Remembering the Great War with Canadian Writers and Artists

Remembering the Great War with Canadian Writers and Artists When: November 10, 2016 12:00-1:30 p.m. Speaker: Sherrill Grace, OC, FRSC, Professor Emerita of English and University Killam Professor While Canada has been surprisingly low key about commemorating the Great War since 2014, we do have a wealth of artistic material that does important work in […]

AABC: Talking With First Nations Archives

The Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC) is pleased to present the webcast roundtable “Talking with First Nations Archives”. Colleagues who work in local First Nations Archives, Resource Centres and in Records Management programs will share with us their experiences establishing archives, their role in facilitating access to records, and issues and concerns they encounter […]

A Season for Friendly Meetings: Exploring Jane Austen’s Influences and Legacy

In coordination with our current exhibition Ever Austen: Literary Timelessness in the Regency Period, Rare Books and Special Collections is delighted to host a special Austen-themed panel discussion. We’re delighted to be joined by scholars from both UBC and SFU for this fascinating discussion on and celebration of Jane Austen, in honour of the 200th […]

ACAM Dialogue: Queer Asian Canadians

Does the metaphor for coming out work out cross-culturally? What does or can family look like to LGBTQ Asians? What does it mean and how can one be an ally to the LGBTQ+ Asian community? This month’s ACAM Dialogue is focused on LGBTQ+ and non-heteronormative sexualities as well as what it means to be a […]

Third Annual Contract Faculty Colloquium

The Faculty Association Contract Faculty Committee presents the Third Annual Contract Faculty Colloquium, which provides contract faculty an opportunity to share with and learn from their contract faculty colleagues across campus in a genial, relaxed atmosphere. Short papers will be presented by contract faculty from a diverse range of departments, including Engineering, Political Science, English, […]

Double Exposure Japan-Canada: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan

Take a rare glimpse into Japan in the 1890s-1920s through the photographs taken by a Canadian missionary, John Cooper Robinson. We can only begin to understand Cooper Robinson’s photographs by overlaying both Canadian and Japanese historical contexts and perspectives. Join our symposium led by art historians and historians who specialize in Japan and Canada, to […]

Open Scholarly Practice

“Open scholarship, which encompasses open access, open data, open educational resources, and all other forms of openness in the scholarly and research environment, is changing how knowledge is created and shared.” Association of Research Libraries Open Scholarship In this session, we’ll explore ideas of scholarly practice in the digital age and how they can inform […]